The world's first wiki where authorship really matters (Nature Genetics, 2008). Due credit and reputation for authors. Imagine a global collaborative knowledge base for original thoughts. Search thousands of articles and collaborate with scientists around the globe.

wikigene or wiki gene protein drug chemical gene disease author authorship tracking collaborative publishing evolutionary knowledge reputation system wiki2.0 global collaboration genes proteins drugs chemicals diseases compound
Hoffmann, R. A wiki for the life sciences where authorship matters. Nature Genetics (2008)
 

Editor

Share

Personal info

View

Links

  • Homologues
  • NCBI Gene
  • NCBI SNP
  • iHOP resource
  • OMIM
  • SNPedia
  • Ensembl
  • HGNC

Table of contents

About

Terms

 

Gene Review: 

AMY1B  -  amylase, alpha 1B (salivary)

Homo sapiens

 
 
 
 
Welcome! If you are familiar with the subject of this article, you can contribute to this open access knowledge base by deleting incorrect information, restructuring or completely rewriting any text. Read more.
 

High impact information on AMY1B

  • The long haplotype spans about 300 kb and contains six additional genes arranged in two repeats, each one consisting of two salivary amylase genes (AMY1A and AMY1B) and a pseudogene lacking the first three exons (AMYP1) [1].

References

  1. The human alpha-amylase multigene family consists of haplotypes with variable numbers of genes. Groot, P.C., Bleeker, M.J., Pronk, J.C., Arwert, F., Mager, W.H., Planta, R.J., Eriksson, A.W., Frants, R.R. Genomics (1989) [Pubmed]
Contributions to this collaborative article are from individual authors of WikiGenes or mined by the WikiGenes Data Mining Engine from MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.About WikiGenesOpen Access LicencePrivacy PolicyTerms of Useapsburg
 
WikiGenes - Universities